Prayer, Under The Pressure Of Violent Anguish Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCB DAEA AFGH CIJI| O Thou Great Being what Thou art | A |
| Surpasses me to know | B |
| Yet sure I am that known to Thee | C |
| Are all Thy works below | B |
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| Thy creature here before Thee stands | D |
| All wretched and distrest | A |
| Yet sure those ills that wring my soul | E |
| Obey Thy high behest | A |
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| Sure Thou Almighty canst not act | A |
| From cruelty or wrath | F |
| O free my weary eyes from tears | G |
| Or close them fast in death | H |
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| But if I must afflicted be | C |
| To suit some wise design | I |
| Then man my soul with firm resolves | J |
| To bear and not repine | I |
Robert Burns
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